CU Environmental Center

Don’t forget to donate your cap and gown for future Buffs! DROP OFF LOCATIONS: ALL SUMMER: 🎓Environmental Center (UMC 355) Until 5/4: 🎓 UMC - Outside the CU Book Store 🎓 Rec Center Lobby 🎓 Engebretson Quad 🎓 JSC Biotechnology Building Tent

I’m excited to share that I’ve been developing the Eco Materials Library at the University of Colorado Boulder (@cuboulder ). Located in the hallway outside @btulab_cu at @cu_atlas , the library is an open-access physical and digital resource for students, faculty, researchers, Boulder community members, and material enthusiasts interested in exploring more sustainable materials. It has been such a joy to see this initiative take shape little by little. As my time in Boulder is coming to an end soon, I wanted to leave the place where I spent my last 5 years, with a resource that can support hands-on material learning, experimentation, and exchange. Eco material libraries around the world have contributed so much to material literacy, and have deeply shaped my own research and practice. With this library, I’m happy to give back to the open-source biomaterials community through DIY recipes, documentation, samples, equipment, and tools that lower the entry point for hands-on making. The library currently includes 20+ open-source recipes, along with tools and equipment to support experimentation. What you need to bring is curiosity, care, and the wish to create change in your field and community. This initiative is supported by @ecentercu . Many thanks to @btulab_cu and especially Zack Weaver for his stewardship of this initiative and for being the point of contact at @cu_atlas after I leave. Thanks also to @shirps.laboratory for making the first set of eco material samples, @ayesha.rawal for the design and fabrication of the sign, and to my colleagues and friends @bethjferguson and @samedens from the @ecomaterials.collective , whose insights and expertise setting up and managing eco material libraries in their respective institutions, helped inform the final shape of this library. If you’re in Boulder and want to learn more about this initiative, how to access or contribute to the library, and its broader goals and vision, please feel free to reach out. I’ll be based in Boulder until the end of August 2026. ••• #ecomaterials #materiallibrary #biomaterials #opensource

Flash back Friday to last weeks Campus Sustainability Summit! Thanks for coming out to share smiles and solutions 🫶 🌎 If you have thoughts to share there is a survey link in our bio.

Join the Environmental Center for a guided Earth Day hike 🌿 We’ll be exploring the beautiful Flatirons while learning how to identify native and Indigenous plants along the way. Come get outside, meet new people, and see Boulder from a new perspective. 📍 South Mesa Trailhead 🚐 Need a ride? Meet us at C4C Abrams Lounge at 3 pm and we’ll shuttle over together See you on the trail 🌎

Do you live off campus? Get ready for Move Out on the Hill 2026! Make sure to bring any hard to recycle items like electronics or mattresses to a station in the video on May 4th and 5th! *Students can also use link in bio to request a pickup of unwanted items from your property between the dates of April 20 and April 24.

Are you ready to hit the trails and embrace the thrill of mountain biking? Learn the basics of mountain biking at Boulder's amazing Valmont Bike Park. You'll learn how to: -Brake properly -Shift to the correct gear -Ride with balance and body-bike separation -Climb and descend on trails -Steer and corner -Performing basic front wheel lifts -Roll down small drops -Pump the bike to gain speed -Grab your helmet and get ready to ride! Open to all CU students, faculty, and staff. $15 and BYOB (Bring Your Own Bike). You don't need anything special for this intro course!

CU will pay to get rid our your mattress sustainably! Drop it off at one of our 5 move-out stations on the Hill on May 4th and 5th from 11 am- 5pm!

Come make sustainable crafts with us til noon! It’s fun we promise!

Head over to UMC 235, grab some coffee and pastries, and settle in with us for the opening session of the Campus Sustainability Summit: AI at What Cost? Environmental, Ethical, and Justice Implications of Artificial Intelligence. TODAY starting at 9am!

Learn from three local compost experts about how composting has the potential to aid in our university's future—as well as in our world's future! Swipe to see who will be speaking at the Campus Sustainability Summit's session: "Worming our way into the future: Compost at CU and Beyond" Join us tomorrow! Register at the link in our bio!

We're excited to have the whole Climate Change Program from CDPHE represented at their Campus Sustainability Summit presentation: Colorado Climate Action - Policies, Projections, and Tools. Join us tomorrow from 10:30-11:45AM in UMC 235 to learn more about how Coloradans are impacted by climate change, and how the Climate Change Program is leading an ambitious effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect a livable climate. Register for the summit at the link in our bio!

They’re literally breaking down doors for this one… Fashion Swap at the Campus Sustainability Summit is THIS Wednesday and apparently…people are already lining up Bring clothes you don’t wear Leave with pieces you actually will No money, just swaps Swap starts at noon at the UMC South terrace tent, maybe don’t wait outside like this though